Men are all the same. They always think that something they are going to get is better than what they have got.

If the gods have no sense of humor they must weep a great deal.

All forced virtue is degrading in it effect.

People get to like a soul, but a satisfactory hat makes an impression at first sight.

To die for one's great ideas is glorious - and easy. The horror is to outlive them. That is our worst capability.

An artist is a person who thinks more than there is to think, feels more than there is to feel, and sees more than there is to see.

It is our imagination, not our conscience, which makes us better than the beasts of the field.